The rancid relationship | 87 comments (87 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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Ordinarily I would agree with you Coleman. It is just that I do not think the Bush Administration are ordinary politicians. However, whether they would actually have done these things or not is less important than the fact that Blair believed that they would.

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by RogueTrooper on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 01:20:36 PM EST
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But Blair has civil servants to explain this to him. I don't buy it: it's a partial explanation but not near a complete one. This might have been the stick. What was the carrot?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 01:27:57 PM EST
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I read that the carrot was that the US would cooperate in really pushing a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine. Right afterwards, there were indeed talks and Bush mentioned it in a couple of speeches, but Bush dropped it pretty quickly.

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by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 01:33:58 PM EST
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I've just realised why I never noticed any of this stuff: I was busy getting married at the time. That would explain it.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 01:37:00 PM EST
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I would too join Colman in normal times, but when it comes to the Bush administration, one should never forget Brad Delong's immortal words:

The Bush administration is not only worse than you imagine even after taking account of the fact that it is worse than you imagine. It is worse than you can conceivably imagine.

by Francois in Paris on Thu Mar 23rd, 2006 at 01:34:18 PM EST
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